Yuvraj, Nehra returns form Australia T20s

New Delhi: India announces oen-day and T20 squad for Australia tour starting from January 12 next year.

After a staggering performance against South Africa in the Tests, Ravindra Jadeja has found favour with the selectors for a recall in the ODIs and T20s. The batting line up is identical to the one that took on South Africa in the recent home series. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are in as openers.

The middle order will have options like Manish Pandey, Gurkeerat Singh and Rishi Dhawan to chose from after the exclusion of Suresh Raina.

Allrounder Yuvraj Singh and fast bowler Ashish Nehra have both returned to India's T20I squad for the upcoming series against Australia. Yuvraj has not played for India since the 2014 World T20 final, while Nehra's last international game was in 2011.

India and Australia are set to play five ODIs and three T20Is starts from January 12 next year.

ODI squad - MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Virat Kohli (vc), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Gurkeerat Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Brainder Sran

T20I squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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